Mark Twain on Art
Browse 7 quotations attributed to Mark Twain, catalogued under art, with dates where available.
This page displays 7 quotations attributed to Mark Twain and filed under "art" in QuoteLineage. The selection is ordered by stored importance and quality scores, not citation counts. A topic label describes how an entry is catalogued; it does not establish the theme's importance in the author's work.
Attributed to Mark Twain, entry #185928: "I started out alone to seek adventures. You don't really have to seek them—that is nothing but a phrase—they come to you."
Attributed to Mark Twain, entry #67887: "Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist but you have ceased to live."
7 Quotes by Mark Twain on Art
"I started out alone to seek adventures. You don't really have to seek them—that is nothing but a phrase—they come to you."
"Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist but you have ceased to live."
"France has neither winter nor summer nor morals. Apart from these drawbacks it is a fine country."
"Weather is a literary specialty, and no untrained hand can turn out a good article on it."
"Prophesying was the only human art that couldn't be improved by practice."
"To string incongruities and absurdities together in a wandering and sometimes purposeless way, and seem innocently unaware that they are absurdities, is the basis of the American art, if my position is correct."
"I used to worship the mighty genius of Michael Angelo — that man who was great in poetry, painting, sculpture, architecture — great in every thing he undertook. But I do not want Michael Angelo for breakfast — for luncheon — for dinner — for tea — for supper — for between meals. I like a change, occasionally."